The Roma Cup is a Group 3 race that is held annually at Ascot Racecourse in Perth. Contested under weight for age conditions over 1100m (reduced from 1200m in 2023), the Roma Cup is a key sprint held during the autumn racing season in WA.

It was previously run in May before being moved forward to take place on the first Saturday of April in 2023 on the same day Sydney hosts the $4 million Doncaster Mile.

The headline attraction of Roma Cup Day, the Roma Cup offers an increased $200,000 in total prize money as of 2021 and is open to horses aged two-years-old and over. Runners that contested earlier black-type sprints over the autumn season as well as those that may have performed in the summer’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) the previous November line-up in the Roma Cup field.

In 2021 the Roma Cup runner-up Elite Street went on to finish third in that year’s Winterbottom Stakes trifecta before returning in 2022 to take out the Roma Cup 12 months later.

Horses out of the Roma Cup often back-up in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint (1400m) run over 200m further under the same weight-for-age conditions and the Group 3 Hyperion Stakes (1600m).

The Roma Cup also now serves as a likely lead-up for horses heading towards the state’s richest race, the buy-in $4 million The Quokka (1200m) held back at the track in mid-April from 2023.

In 2023 the Roma Cup was won by returning filly Amelia’s Jewel who was last seen winning the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) at the track the spring prior.

The 2023 Roma Cup ran on Saturday April 1, 2023 at Ascot in WA and was won in emphatic fashion by the short-priced favourite Amelia’s Jewel ($2.15F). 

Roma Cup 2023
Date:	Saturday April 1, 2023
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	2YO+ WFA
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 Roma Cup Results

• 1st: #13 Amelia’s Jewel ($2.15F)
• 2nd: #3 Red Can Man
• 3rd: #7 Acromantula

The star Simon Miller-trained filly Amelia’s Jewel ($2.15F), winner of the spring’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes, has firmed into outright favouritism for the inaugural $4 million The Quokka race on April 15 after her easy first-up success dominating the 2023 Roma Cup results on Saturday.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	13	AMELIA’S JEWEL	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery		2	54.5kg		$2.15F
	2	3	RED CAN MAN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	1.09L	4	58.5kg		$4.20
	3	7	ACROMANTULA	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Michael Poy	2.28L	14	58.5kg		$21
	4	4	RESORTMAN	Michael Lane	Brad Rawiller	2.46L	5	58.5kg		$10
	5	2	COMFORT ME	Rhys Radford	Peter Knuckey	3.39L	8	58.5kg		$16
	6	12	BUSTLER	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	4.36L	13	56.5kg		$13
	7	5	TITAN BLINDERS	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Paul Harvey	4.59L	1	58.5kg		$26
	8	14	REVITUP	Dion Luciani	Brad Parnham	4.84L	9	54.5kg		$26
	9	11	HALATORION	Roy Rogers	Joseph Azzopardi	5.42L	10	58.5kg		$71
	10	1	MASSIMO	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	5.57L	6	58.5kg		$31
	11	6	STARTRADE	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	5.92L	7	58.5kg		$51
	12	15	BABY PARIS	Colin Webster	Troy Turner	6.19L	12	54.5kg		$21
	13	9	BEADS	Steve Wolfe	Alan Kennedy	6.86L	3	58.5kg		$101
	14	8	MOOD SWINGS	George Dupre	Mrs Lucy Fiore	7.56L	11	58.5kg		$81
	15	10	EXCELLENT DREAM	Luke Fernie	Ms Holly Watson (a)	8.68L	15	58.5kg		$151

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Roma Cup Betting Odds

The season’s latest Roma Cup 2023 betting odds and links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

There was a notable upset in 2021 with Money Matters taking out the Roma Cup at odds of $26.

Elite Street ($2.25 in 2022) and Amelia’s Jewel ($2.15 in 2023) are the last favourites in Roma Cup betting to salute for the punters.

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2023 Roma Cup Form

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2023 Roma Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Roma Cup 2023 Tips on the Perth autumn showdown this April.

• To Win: #13 Amelia’s Jewel ($2.50 at time of publish) 

Really hard to tip against the hot favourite Amelia’s Jewel with the talented Simon Miller-trained filly resuming here on her way to the $4 million The Quokka race. She has been beaten just once (running 2nd) in her seven start career and was outstanding over her spring – summer campaign last time in. Beat home the boys in the Group 2 WA Guineas (1600m) before an elite level win over the older horses taking out the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m). Carries more weight here fresh, but is drawn a treat in gate two and off a solid trial looks set to continue her winning ways and retain her unbeaten first-up record.

2023 Roma Cup Field

The Roma Cup field has a capacity of 16 starters when run at Ascot Racecourse and attracts the season’s in-form local sprinters, with few interstate raiders making the trip west for the event. Horses may have had an earlier run in a race like the Listed Northam Stakes (1100m) or be first-up after a Perth Summer Racing Carnival campaign.

The official Roma Cup 2023 field & barriers are released the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2023 Roma Cup final field features a quality line-up of Perth gallopers led in betting by returning Group 1 Northerly Stakes winning filly Amelia’s Jewel.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	833x3109x7	MASSIMO	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	6	58.5kg		107
2	5x90x4523x	COMFORT ME	Rhys Radford	Peter Knuckey	8	58.5kg		106
3	2x648205x2	RED CAN MAN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	4	58.5kg		107
4	319111340x	RESORTMAN	Michael Lane	Brad Rawiller	5	58.5kg		107
5	422504×573	TITAN BLINDERS	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Paul Harvey	1	58.5kg		97
6	133174230x	STARTRADE	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	7	58.5kg		100
7	x201345221	ACROMANTULA	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Michael Poy	14	58.5kg		94
8	x2531328x4	MOOD SWINGS	George Dupre	Mrs Lucy Fiore	11	58.5kg		89
9	330×125816	BEADS	Steve Wolfe	Alan Kennedy	3	58.5kg		81
10	96x23390x8	EXCELLENT DREAM	Luke Fernie	Ms Holly Watson (a)	15	58.5kg		85
11	5961611355	HALATORION	Roy Rogers	Joseph Azzopardi	10	58.5kg		85
12	1x11125x	BUSTLER	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	13	56.5kg		86
13	111x1211x	AMELIA’S JEWEL	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery	2	54.5kg		106
14	12214x213x	REVITUP	Dion Luciani	Brad Parnham	9	54.5kg		86
15	12x11x12x3	BABY PARIS	Colin Webster	Troy Turner	12	54.5kg		86

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Roma Cup Nominations

The Roma Cup 2023 nominations are announced the Tuesday leading-up to the race.

Roma Cup History

The Roma Cup was first run in 1966, with Summer Storm claiming the inaugural victory. Initially run as a principal race over 1400m (1600m in 1974), the Roma Cup received Group 3 status in 1980. At this time, the race length was adjusted to 1200m where it remained until 2023 when reduced to 1100m.

Due to its favour with local horses, some names can be found over several years amongst the Roma Cup results. Grand Nirvana won in 2009, placed third in 2010, won in 2011, placed third in 2012, and while he didn’t run in 2013, he will be making a bid for a third victory in 2014. Luckygray, well known WA horse, won in 2012. Power Princess returned from a second place in 2011 and a scratching in 2012 to seize victory in 2013.

For the 2017 edition, the Roma Cup moves from Belmont Racecourse to Ascot Racecourse.

In 2023 the Roma Cup distance was reduced from 1200m to 1100m.

Roma Cup results since 2000 are detailed below.

Roma Cup Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Roma Cup	1st	Amelia’s Jewel	1 minute 03.23 seconds (1100m)
	2nd	Red Can Man
	3rd	Acromantula
2022 Roma Cup	1st	Elite Street	1 minute 10.77 seconds
	2nd	Red Can Man
	3rd	Amasenus
2021 Roma Cup	1st	Money Matters	1 minute 10.97 seconds
	2nd	Elite Street
	3rd	Dance Music
2020 Roma Cup	1st	Vega Magic	1 minute 11.05 seconds
	2nd	The Velvet King
	3rd	Durendal
2019 Roma Cup	1st	Vital Silver	1 minute 10.64 seconds
	2nd	Galaxy Star
	3rd	Great Shot
2018 Roma Cup	1st	Rock Magic	1 minute 10.17 seconds
	2nd	Battle Hero
	3rd	Durendal
2017 Roma Cup	1st	Rock Magic	1 minute 12.5 seconds
	2nd	Military Reign
	3rd	Durendal
2016 Roma Cup	1st	Battle Hero	1 minute 10.54 seconds
	2nd	Magnifisio
	3rd	Lukcygray
2015 Roma Cup	1st	Luckygray	1 minute 12.2 seconds
	2nd	Dawn Approach
	3rd	Fuchsia Bandana
2014 Roma Cup	1st	Magnifisio	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Elite Belle
	3rd	Checkpoint
2013 Roma Cup	1st	Power Princess	1 minutes 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Ranger
	3rd	Playing God
2012 Roma Cup	1st	Luckygray	1 minutes 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Our Ol’ Fella
	3rd	Grand Nirvana
2011 Roma Cup	1st	Grand Nirvana	1 minutes 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Power Princess
	3rd	King Kool Kat
2010 Roma Cup	1st	Vain Raider	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Idyllic Prince
	3rd	Grand Nirvana
2009 Roma Cup	1st	Grand Nirvana	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Kens Double
	3rd	Sheenasaidgrey
2008 Roma Cup	1st	El Presidente	1 minute 10.1 seconds
	2nd	Arctic Park
	3rd	Oroya Gold
2007 Roma Cup	1st	No Questions	1 minute 10.1 seconds
	2nd	Star Laser
	3rd	Scuffs
2006 Roma Cup	1st	Is Amazing	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Electic
	3rd	River Mist
2005 Roma Cup	1st	Avenida	1 minute 12.9 seconds
	2nd	River Mist
	3rd	Ambers Halo
2004 Roma Cup	1st	Modem	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Cento
	3rd	Golden Delicious
2003 Roma Cup	1st	Tribula	1 minute 10.4 seconds
	2nd	Suspicion
	3rd	Dark ‘n’ Dangerous
2002 Roma Cup	1st	Kaprats	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Corporate Bruce
	3rd	Cool Business
2001 Roma Cup	1st	Secret Remedy	1 minute 11.4 seconds
	2nd	Prince Of Pop
	3rd	Country Blazer
2000 Roma Cup	1st	Star System	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Double Blue
	3rd	Corporate James